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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Maritime VHF Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  10m  ? 6m  None 
Freq. stability Less than ±200 Hz from 1 minute to 60 minutes after power on. After that rate of stability less than ±30 Hz/hr. at +25°C (+77°F) ? ± 10 p.p.m. (± 1.5 kHz)
Tuning steps 0.001 kHz ? 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.030-30 MHz 66-88 / 108-174 / 380-512 / 806-960 MHz (UK)
30-54 / 108-174 / 380-512 / 806-960 MHz (USA)
Simplex: 155-158.6 MHz
Semi-duplex: 159-6-163.2 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   AM   FM   FM  
Sensitivity SSB, CW, RTTY
0.16 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
AM
13 µV (0.5-1.799999 MHz)
2 µV (1.8-29.999999 MHz)
? 0.25 µV PD for 12 dB SINAD
Selectivity SSB, CW, RTTY
More than 2.1 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 4.5 kHz/-60 dB
AM
More than 6.0 kHz/-6 dB
Less than 20 kHz/-40 dB
? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? Superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection More than 70 dB (1.8-29.999999 MHz) ? ?
Audio output More than 2.0W at 10% distortion with an 8Ω load ? 2.5 W / 4 ohm @ 5% THD

Transmitter

TX-range 10-160 m + WARC - Simplex: 155-158.6 MHz
Semi-duplex: 159-6-163.2 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY   - FM  
RF-output AM: 2-40 W, SSB/CW: 2-100 W ? 1 / 25 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 BNC SO-239
Impedance 50Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC ±15% (negative ground) 9 V DC, 6×AA 12 or(!) 24 V DC
Current RX 2 A max 40-160 mA 500 mA
TX 20 A max - 5 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1976 and 1989 in Denmark
Dimensions 240 × 95 × 239 mm
(9.45 × 3.74 × 9.41 in)
69 × 165 × 46 mm
(2.72 × 6.50 × 1.81 in)
320 × 220 × 165 mm
(12.60 × 8.66 × 6.50 in)
Weight 3.80 kg (8.4 lbs) 400 gr (14.1 oz) 9.00 kg (19.9 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Handheld Mobile

Other features

Memories 101 channels in 1 bank(s) 200 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 25 channels/second ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Marine / Navy
Features DSP (UT-106) and speech synthesizer (UT-102) options Hyperscan (50 steps or 25 channels per second)
Priority channel
Monitor banks
Dual Watch (B and C-model)
Instant Channel 16 (C-model)
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-000718 RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-PRO-000037 SAILOR-RT000144